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Posts tagged "Joe Orlando"
Find five faults (crazy 60's Daredevil...)

Find five faults (crazy 60′s Daredevil…)

Hot off the digital presses is this unlettered preview page from Daredevil #7 that Stephen Wacker just tweeted. About a month ago, he tweeted another pencilled page from the same issue. In other news: Early Daredevil is so weird. I know, this is hardly news, but it’s been a while since I gave a scene...
Sculpting the perfect body, one villain at a time

Sculpting the perfect body, one villain at a time

While I doubt that Matt Murdock is a big fan of fast food, I do think he could most likely get away with eating massive amounts of calorie-rich food if he wanted to. Everything he does in the field is very physically strenuous, and he presumably works out several hours a day. Still, there are...
Faking it with Matt Murdock

Faking it with Matt Murdock

A very important part of the superhero sub-genre is the division between the costumed persona and his or her civilian alter ego. The superhero business often takes place behind a mask to protect the hero’s anonymity and, when out of costume, said hero often has to go to great lengths or develop elaborate schemes to...

“Because I can’t just kill him” – Part 2

In my last post, I took a look at how Electro’s megalomania completely ruined his golden opportunity to take Daredevil out for good. This time around, we’ll be looking at a situation not quite as ridiculous but very funny nonetheless. In Daredevil #4 by Stan Lee, with pencils by Joe Orlando, our favorite guy in...

“Because I can’t just kill him” – Part 1

You know how the baddies won’t just kill the good guy even when there’s a golden opportunity to do just that? Well, this has happened enough times in Daredevil history to warrant its own series of posts, starting right here. Be warned that this ride through the history of the contrived may cause headaches and...